Autonomous Cooperation and Control in Logistics Contributions and Limitations - Theoretical and Practical Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hülsmann, Michael (Editor), Scholz-Reiter, Bernd (Editor), Windt, Katja (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Management.; Industrial management.; Production management.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Automation.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Robotics and Automation.; Operations Management.; Control.; Innovation/Technology Management.

Many new technologies – like RFID, GPS, and sensor networks – that dominate innovative developments in logistics are based on the idea of autonomous cooperation and control. This self-organisational concept describes „...processes of decentralized decision-making in heterarchical structures. It pres...

Table of Contents:

• Contributions and Limitations of Autonomous Cooperation and Control in Logistics
• Organizational Contributions and Limitations
• Methodical Contributions and Limitations
• Technological Contributions and Limitations
• Practical Contributions and Limitations.